Horrible

Un slasher italien, empruntant le personnage de l'assassin au classique Anthropophagus, sorti un an avant. Sans son atmosphère et son secret tragique, avec la simple phrase « un monstre en fuite tue ». La bande-son intense et le personnage du prêtre, poursuivant le « croque-mitaine », s'inspirent d'Halloween de Carpenter, mais au lieu de toute invention cinématographique, il joue sur la violence brute, la cruauté et la brutalité gore. Un carnage « eurotrash » de moyenne qualité, mais toujours décent au sein du sous-genre. **1/2 (16/05/2021)

I believe that George Eastman, the representative of the bloodthirsty beast, had a lot of fun writing the script and what he produced and made together with D.Amato is "pure" trash. The script and the performances are adequate, i.e. awful, there is no suspense and the scares don't work. However, compared to the poor first one, there is no boundless boredom, the gore is more frequent and more elaborate and the ending is quite good. D’Amato surprised me, so three and a half stars, which is too much for him :) (28/08/2004)

I don’t quite understand how this could get into the list of the cult videonasties. It has only about four brutal scenes that don’t even show that much and there aren’t any scenes with nakedness and sex, for a change. Even modern, more commercial stuff like Hostel or Borders would fit better in such list. The first fifteen minutes may be entertaining thanks to the raw atmosphere (typical for 1970s Euro-horror), but they can’t compensate for the more than one hour that follows. Absurd is lifeless trash and its cult status is truly absurd, I guess. Two stars for the atmosphere, the killer (he should be in another film) and the scene where they roast a head in the oven. (02/09/2008)

The story is one of those that are not formed in a way that there is a crucial point, although we will also experience some revelations. The primary goal here is to see what the camera can capture to make it believable. Disgusting and believable. This succeeds, even though the characters are not otherwise written or acted in a captivating manner. "Rosso sangue," however, belongs to the good Italian gore school and certainly does not deny its trickery qualities, which is also a reason why it is worth watching the film. The ending is truly grand in terms of tricks. (10/01/2014)